This week Torontoist presents extended literary event listings – you get till Sunday the 27th at no additional cost – as I’m out of town until the end of August. Tonight, Jerry Schaefer presents The Flash Fiction Comedy Jam, which is apparently flash fiction read by a bunch of Toronto comics. Intriguing. Additionally, there’ll be a “live writing contest” and an appearance by storyteller Mark Jenkins. It takes place at Bad Dog Theatre – 138......

A reshuffling of stores in the Carrot Common on the Danforth has given Book City an extra room, adding a third as much space again as they had, already filled to overflowing with booky goodness. Now there are two entrances into the best bookstore in this part of town [map / 348 Danforth Ave Tel: 416-469-9997, one minute walk from Chester Subway Station] Torontoist rejoices.......

The Docks has had its liquor license pulled due to a stream of noise complaints from Toronto Islands residents. They're appealing the decision so we hope it's not premature to say good riddance. We personally can't stand the Docks and think it's one of the most poorly planned live venues in the city. It's hard to get to using public transit, overpriced, has terrible sightlines and acoustics. We're not going to miss it one......